Australia, Korea win nail-biters to reach Quarter-Finals

ZARAGOZA (2016 FIBA U17 World Championship) - Australia survived a thriller with Bosnia and Herzegovina to reach the Quarter-Finals of the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship while Korea won the battle of Asia over China on a day full of blowouts otherwise.

Dragan Elkaz scored 17 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter as Australia beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 75-72. Elkaz nailed four of his six three-pointers in the final period and also finished with 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Dzanan Musa led the Bosnians with 34 points while Sani Campara scored 17 but he missed three three-pointers and a lay-up in the final 40 seconds.

In Thursday's Quarter-Finals, the Australians will face hosts Spain, who didn't even need injured top gun Miguel Gonzalez in cruising to a 112-60 victory over Chinese Taipei. Sergi Martinez paced Spain with 25 points while Joel Parra and Osas Ehigiator had 17 each.

The other nail-biter saw Korea knock off China 75-70 to reach the Final Eight for the first time. Lee Junghyun scored 25 points while Shin Minsuk and Yang Jae Min had 18 apiece to pace the Koreans, who had beaten the Chinese in the Semi-Finals of the 2015 FIBA Asia U16 Championship. Korea will next take on the three-time undefeated reigning champions USA, who took care of Argentina with a 109-56 victory. Collin Sexton and Carte'Are Gordon had 14 points each to lead seven Americans in double figures.

Canada and Turkey both picked up comfortable victories to set up a Quarter-Final showdown. Ignas Brazdeikis and Simi Shittu each had double-doubles in the Canadians' 79-52 win against Dominican Republic. Ragip Berke Atar scored 16 points while Ahmet Can Duran had 8 points and 19 rebounds as Turkey raced past Mali 77-58.

There will be an all-European Quarter-Final between Lithuania and France. The Lithuanians got 9 three-pointers and 34 points combined from Lukas Uleckas and Ignas Sargiunas in an 80-65 victory over Egypt. Ahmed Khalaf collected 26 points, 12 rebounds and 8 blocks for Egypt and Esam Mostafa had 13 points and 18 rebounds in the loss. Meanwhile, Jaylen Hoard poured in 21 points as France hammered Finland 60-38.

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Round of 16 results:
Lithuania beat Egypt 80-65
France beat Finland 60-38
Canada beat Dominican Republic 79-52
Turkey beat Mali 77-58
Australia beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 75-72
Spain beat Chinese Taipei 112-60
USA beat Argentina 109-56
Korea beat China 75-70